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January 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Silence and Meditation in Icon Painting

PRAYER and MEDITATION

Silence and Meditation in Icon Painting

Meditation and insight while painting icons. These are the feelings transmitted or experienced through the icons we paint.  Silence and Meditation in Icon Painting go hand to hand, touching the lip gentlyy as a reminder.

Are we DROWNING IN NOISE?

Flowing silence is………………………….. Freedom,
Foreseen silence is………………………… Infinity,
Vibrating silence is………………………… Creation,
Maintained silence is ……………………….Strength,
Allowed silence is …………………………..Rest,
Received silence is …………………………Joy,
Perceived silence is………………………… Knowledge,
Silence alone is ……………………………..Being.

The silence of God is the source of all evolution,
The silence of God is pure consciousness.

Thoughts on Silence and Meditation

Most of us believe we must do something before God, that just listening in quiet stillness has no value. It is precisely in NO sound we hear our true self and God within. That is the Silence and Meditation we savor when painting icons.

The oceans, forests and mountains all possess a deep and constant stillness, an eternity of time and change. As humans we have so little opportunity to experience such quiet.

We speak much about prayer and pray little.

Monastic life holds the value of meditation and silence for many reasons. If you cannot discuss, evaluate, criticize and complain to each other, it protects all of us from misunderstanding. Another added advantage is while not conversing with one another is the energy saved in speaking and time wasted. This is why icon painting is such a silent and meditative practice.

Christ says, “Knock, Seek and Ask”,  He is referring to God as the object for Silence and Meditation. One more way to find this valued silence and stillness is the Technique of Icon Painting.  Next Egg tempera Class,

You notice more by not talking.
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